{"id":6833,"date":"2015-11-21T04:49:24","date_gmt":"2015-11-21T04:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2015\/11\/21\/rabid-dogs-syrian-terrorists-and-ben-carson\/"},"modified":"2015-11-21T04:49:24","modified_gmt":"2015-11-21T04:49:24","slug":"rabid-dogs-syrian-terrorists-and-ben-carson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2015\/11\/21\/rabid-dogs-syrian-terrorists-and-ben-carson\/","title":{"rendered":"Rabid Dogs, Syrian Terrorists, and Ben Carson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">Dr. Ben Carson, the pediatric neurosurgeon who is running for president, is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/online\/carson-blames-media-for-capitalizing-on-rabid-dog-comment\/\" target=\"_self\">now in trouble<\/a> with the politically correct for referring to Syrian terrorists as rabid dogs.&#0160; The comparison is perfectly apt, and only a fool or a liberal could take offense at it.&#0160; A Syrian terrorist is not &#39;rabid&#39; in that he is Syrian; he is &#39;rabid&#39; in that he is a terrorist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">Note the double standard involved here.&#0160; Carson&#0160; compares Muslim <em>terrorists<\/em> to rabid dogs.&#0160; But Muslims refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Nrj5yGnAwnc\" target=\"_self\">ALL Jews<\/a> as the sons and daughters of pigs and monkeys. 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